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tonight, donald trump's motion to dismiss denied. what happens now in the classified documents case just eight months from the election? then, the top senate democrat calling out israel's prime minister. he says benjamin netanyahu is an obstacle to peace. and no president and no vice president have ever visited an abortion clinic until today. vp harris' history making tour as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. greetings everyone. i'm in for stephanie ruhle tonight. we are now 236 days away from the election. and today, donald trump nailed in one of his attempts to have his classified documents case dismissed. the presumptive republican nominee spent his day in a florida courtroom to watch his attorneys argue two motion to have the case tossed out.
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but judge aileen cannon seemed skeptical and denied one of the requests. here is laura jarrett with more. >> reporter: a judge denying former president trump's request to toss out criminal charges alleging he hoarded classified documents at mar-a- lago. the presumptive gop nominee seen arriving this morning greeting supporters gathered outside the florida courthouse. his attorneys arguing the law on national security secrets is too vague. and mr. trump believed he was allowed today keep the documents as his personal records according to the presidential records act. saying last night. >> i took them very legally. i wasn't hiding them. >> reporter: judge aileen cannon, a trump appointee said a dismissal over vagueness would be premature. and told mr. trump's team it
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is difficult to see how this gets you to the dismissal of an indictment. no decision on a trial date. mr. trump's team urging her to push it until after the november election. and there are developments in trump's other trials. we are still waiting on a decision whether the fulton county da fani willis will be removed from the case for having a romantic relationship with one of the prosecutors. if you need more proof the wheels of justice grind slowly, the new york hush money case will likely start a month late. federal prosecutors just recently turned over documents related to the case. just about a year after they were asked to. manhattan da alvin bragg sawed he would go with a 30-day extension. the final decision is on timing is up to the judge.
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eugene scott senior politics reporter for axios, peter baker, with the new york times. former u.s. attorney joyce vance who spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor. joyce, all right. lay it out for us. where does the classified documents case stand after today? >> this was an ugly win for the government. it was a win the judge did not buy trump's motion to dismiss, but she virtually invited trump to raise this motion again during trial when more of the evidence is available. and of course, the downside to that is decisions the judge makes after the jury has been empanelled and the case has started can't be reviewed. that is because of double jeopardy. it says that once the government has got a jury in the box and the case is underway, if the government loses, that's final.
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so at that point in time, the judge could look at this motion again. could decide that the evidence merits that she grants it. and the case would be over. and that is probably the worst possible outcome of these motions for the government beyond an outright dismissal now which they could have of course appealed at this point in time. >> there were a number of things that happened in court today. one of them was judge cannon seemed to nudge the conversation to a point where trump lawyers could compare the biden document case with the trump case. what did you think of that? >> right, so look, this is not an appropriate thing for a judge to do and it certainly can't form the basis for any of who are rulings. she is supposed to consider the merits of the case in front of her. sometimes judges can look at other cases and decide what the results and those cases dictate in a case they are considering.
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but in this situation, a decision was made that they should not be prosecuted and those decisions about who to prosecute are uniquely within the area of responsibility of prosecutors and the justice departments. judges don't get to decide who gets indicted and who doesn't get indicted. they are supposed to rule on the cases in front of them on the merits of those cases if she strays in any way from that. that could form the basis for government's appeal. >> eugene, it is a full time job to keep up with all of these cases. there are legal reporters dedicated to the trump trial beat. the hearings, the trials, as donald trump tries to have them delayed or thrown out altogether with eight montreal canadienss to go until the election, how do you see this classified documents case specifically shaking up? >> it is getting frustrating for voters. i was speaking with swing voters last night.
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and it is reminding them of who donald trump was. and this is not what he wants. if he is going to try to win people outside of his base. which is what he needs to do. part of the strategy is to turn out the base. but, the numbers don't support that. and these are reminding people who voted for trump before what could happen if they send him back to washington. >> peter, i mean, swing voters not looking the axios focus groups not liking what they are hearing about these cases. now, the right does want to keep as much attention on the biden administration's case as possible. the biden campaign and the white house. i don't think they talk very much about donald trump's legal woes. do you expect that asymmetry to change at all? >> no. i think the biden people want to stay away from talking directly about trump's legal case. they don't want to feed into the conspiracy theory trump
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promotes with his base. that this is somehow a biden orchestrated witch hunt. there is no evidence of that of course. and they don't want to give any evidence by looking like he has something to do with this so he won't talk about it but you are right to say that the republicans are trying to conflate the biden documents issue with the trump issue. you heard that with robert hur, the special counsel who investigated the president and decided there was no crime. but you will hear this again and again. whether inside the crammened outside the courtroom. why are they not prosecuting the president? we know the actions the two different presidents took were different. and that's a problem for prosecute res and really a problem in terms of the political conversation. >> well eugene, you had biden
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on the trail today in michigan. donald trump in a courtroom. in florida. there are other court cases. how is the campaign planning to handle the demands of this legal schedule when ever that manhattan case gets going, donald trump will have to be in court for every day of that trial. >> he will. well, they have said that they are going to rely heavily on surrogates to go out to talk to people when trump cannot. his relationship with conservative media will serve him well. there will be a few interviews he will use to try to make the case he has been targeted. despite there not being evidence of that. but he is also going to try to have rallies when he can. because he loves the rallies and they energize him and allow him to get his message directly to people. to the people he wants to come out and support him. what will be really interesting, though, is whether or not he has the stamina for all of this. there has been a lot of attention paid on whether or
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not joe biden can keep up with his schedule. trump has a campaign and court schedule and has age issues as well. so this will give him an opportunity to prove whether or not he can be what they need him to be four more years. what he needs people to believe he can be four more years and it might hut him to the test in a negative way that backfire. >> campaigning from the courtroom. i have to get, when i heard that you were coming tonight, i wandered who did joyce think when she heard new york's u.s. attorneys are the reason, the people to thank for the delay. we were all looking to start on march 25th. >> so look, i have more questions about this than answers and i think it is important that we not get too far ahead of ourselves. what we know is that donald trump filed a motion to dismiss or at least delay this
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prosecution, claiming there have been discovery violations and the manhattan da fired back and said we fulfilled our discovery violations. the problem is that donald trump wanted some documents from the southern district of new york. federal prosecutors in manhattan are not in any way a part of this case. but trump issued a subpoena to them and they delayed in turning over these documents. the trump lawyers apparently agreed to multiple delays but now they are saying that they want a continuance in the trial. the manhattan da has done the right thing. there are documents that need to be reviewed fairly by the defense. will agree to a 30 days delay. there are tens of thousands of pages of documents. that he says under 200 pages are relevant to this case and they are mostly witness testimony.
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that probably means information about folks like michael cohen or former trump cfo. if 30 days can cure the problem, the judge will reset the case for trial and be back off to the races. there are unanswered questions here. >> we are waiting for the judge in the georgia case, particularly in terms of fani willis and the hearing we saw on national television to see where he coming up with that ruling. today the house judiciary committee, they actually threatened to hold da fani willis in contempt and said they were doing so because she didn't comply with their subpoena. donald trump's allies on the hill, they seem to be trying to find anyway they can to help donald trump. how much of this kind of thing do you think will ramp up as we
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continue to get closer to november? >> congress has a limited role in overseeing state prosecution. it is not their job to monitor what willis does. but she doesn't answer to the federal government in a general sense. trump is trying to throw sand in the gears every which way you can do it. have a motion to dismiss. because the espionage act is too vague. a motion to delay because you need these papers in new york. have a motion to disqualify. because she had a conflict of interest. all these things have managed to successfully derail to some extent, the first of three of these cases, the fourth is having a little bit of a hiccup. doesn't mean any of these cases
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will go away. that is his goal here. to delay, delay, delay. see if he can't push things things. the voters look what they are going. >> sounds like trump's strategy. i have 30 seconds. you have been reporting on tiktok. there is a bill that passed the house that could ban tiktok unless they sell it. though owners of tiktok sell. where does it stand? >> senators are taking their time with it. it won't pass as quickly as it has in the house. there are democrats and republicans i think mark warner from virginia.
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marco rubio from florida. there are real issues and concerns. but they are trying to figure out how they can address those without hurting so many americans who rely on tiktok by business and their way of life and for fun. >> my search is about thing that have nothing to do with the news. thank you all. peter, you will stick around because you love us. when we come back, sharp words from the top senate democrat. why he says it is time for israel's prime minister to go. and later, steph sits down with lawrence fishburn to discuss his new play two decades in the making. the 11th hour just getting underway on a thursday night. underway on a thursday night. why won't scout play with us anymore? he has something called osteoarthritis pain. it's joint pain that hurts him all the time. come on, scout. now, there's librela. the first and only once-monthly injection to control your dog's oa pain. veterinary professionals administering librela who are pregnant, trying to conceive,
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earlier today, chuck schumer called prime minister benjamin netanyahu of israel an obstacle to peace and called for new israeli elections. our own garrett haake has the details. >> reporter: as israel targets hamas in gaza and the humanitarian crisis grows, he delivered a scathing rebuke saying benjamin netanyahu needs to be replaced. >> netanyahu has lost his way by allowing his political survival to take the precedent over the best interests of israel. >> reporter: schumer, the highest ranking jewish elected official in american history laying blame for the war at the feet of hamas. but saying that netanyahu is an obstacle to peace. >> he has been too willing to
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tolerate the civilian toll in gaza pushing support for israel to historic lows. israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah. >> reporter: republican leaders slamming the criticism of netanyahu who is also known as as bb. >> they don't have an antihbb problem, an anti-israel problem. >> it is just plain wrong for an american leader to play such a divisive role while our closest ally in the region is an existential battle for its survival. >> reporter: netanyahu has not responded to schumer's comments. >> the white house said the majority leader gave them a heads up about his speech, but president biden has broken with netanyahu in recent weeks. >> he has a right to defend israel. a right to continue to pursue hamas, but he must pay more
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attention to the innocent lives lost. he is hurting in my view, he is hurting israel more than helping israel. >> it is important to note that israel does not have an election scheduled until 2026. i want to welcome politico defense reporter laura. and peter baker is still with us. i asked laura how do i say her name and i butcher it. you know, peter, just take a step back. and frame up for us how significant is this move from chuck schumer? >> it is incredibly significant. gnatter schumer is giving voice to a lot of frustration you are hearing on the democratic side of the aisle. he is the highest ranking jewish official, but a close ally of the president. a lot of people wonder if he is cut out for the white house.
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somebody giving voice to the feelings you might hear inside the west wing though they won't say it themselves out loud. certainly that will be the question. what does this mean in terms of where biden is and does it signal that at some point they will use the support in the white house they have been enjoying so far from the president? he has in fact resisted democratic pressure to put conditions on the arms sent to israel. he has resisted international condemnation of the united nations security council and so forth, he has been a good ally to israel in that sense as he has begun speaking out more aggressively about the course of the war as he sees it. what you are looking for if you are in israel now is what do schumer's comments mean in terms of where it takes the administration at this point? >> laura? nbc news has reported that schumer has heard from
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families of hostages upset that prime minister netanyahu has not made the release of their loved ones more of a priority. where exactly do we stand on the hostage negotiation and how are schumer's comments playing in the israeli media today? >> well i think that schumer's comments are the sharpest critique we have seen so far of the israeli government from a u.s. official and it shows how far the u.s. government's views on israel have shifted just in the last few weeks. it does reflect the white house frustration as well with netanyahu's government. clearly democrats are running out of patience with the situation. the last couple of weeks you have seen many lines crossed. you have seen israel threatened to go into rafah. the southern city where more than a million people are sheltering now. you have seen israel reject u.s. pleas to open the borders, the land borders to allow more aid in. you have seen them reject pleas to think about a two-state
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solution. so i think it really opens the flood gates for additional criticism of israel. you asked about the hostages as well. israel had threatened to do this invasion of rafah if the hostages were not released by ramadan, that was march 10th. that has come and gone. there has been no invasion and the hostages have not been released so i think israel is going to until the hostages are released they are going to keep the threats hanging over to go into rafah. do a full scale ground invasion. there are more than a million people now. there is a lot of pressure to show he is doing this dire humanitarian situation. >> what kind of position does this put the white house? in obviously during his state of the union address, he announced the united states in conjunction with other leaders in the region are going to build a pier off the coast of
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the gaza strip to deliver humanitarian aid. jonathan asked the president does he have plans to speak to them? what really does the white house have to do? >> the problem is it doesn't get you to where you need to be in terms of humanitarian aid. the number of palettes you can drop from the air doesn't compete with the number of trucks you need to get in by land. but they haven't been able to get them there. before the october 7th terrorist attack, they were getting about hundred trucks a day. now i think it is 150 trucks a day. people are in danger of famine in gaza. so, while the air drops and the floating pier are symbolic of american commitment, they are not going to solve the problem. they know that. you hear the president talking
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increasingly about how much israel needs to respond to this crisis. to let more humanitarian aid in. they have a new crossing, they are calling it 96 up in the north. that is only something welcome by the administration but is not enough. the president is losing patience and the question for everyone is at what point does he say okay, i have done what i can do. i'm going to do something more now that will be more of a problem for benjamin netanyahu if he doesn't listen to what i'm saying. >> i want to turn to the war in ukraine. and because speaker mike johnson of the house of representatives is under pressure to pass ukraine aid, ukraine could run out of ammunition in weeks. >> it is dire. soldiers are running out of
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ammunition. air defenses. russia is taking ground. now, the administration managed to find some money under the couch cushions. they release the surprise package of $300 million worth of aide to israel that will allow them to send additional artillery. air defenses and long range missiles as well. those will be in the package. so that will help. that is a drop in the bucket compare today the supplemental that the president has asked congress to pass. there are about $60 billion worth of aid for ukraine. and that will take it into the rest of the year. without that aid, they are really going to start to fall back. by the end of the year, you could see them start losing the war. >> as steph reminds us, the majority of that money is money to go to the pentagon to buy
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weapons. laura, peter, thank you very, very much. when we come back, kamala makes a visit to an abortion clinic. we will talk all about it. l ta.
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we are here at this health care clinic to uplift the work
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happening in minnesota as an example of what true leadership looks like. which is to understand it is only right and fair that people have access to the health care they need. how dare these elected leaders believe they are in a better position to tell women what they need. to tell women what is in their best interest. we have to be a nation that trusts women. >> vice president kamala harris paid a historic visit to a planned parenthood clinic in saint paul, minnesota earlier today. meanwhile, president biden took his new and improved campaign michigan for a spin in michigan. this is his first visit since an uncommitted vote rattled the primary. i want to bring in donna edwards of maryland and republican strategist, msnbc political analyst susan. donna, sources are telling nbc news that this may be the first
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time a vice president or a president has ever visited a clinic that provides abortion services. set the stage for us. how big of a deal is this? >> i think this is really a huge deal. keep in mind it one until just a few years ago that people were comfortable saying abortion on television. let alone members of congress visiting abortion clinics. i think this was really significant and the importance of elevating this issue as women and others, americans have elevated as well. and to show a really stark contrast between the pro reproductive right support of the biden administration and president biden and vice president harris versus donald trump. there is a stark difference and i think this was the beginning of the messaging that will continue throughout the campaign season that elevates
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this as a concern to the american people. >> what is your reaction to this visit? and on a scale of one two ten, where do you think the abortion issue will range in terms of importance going forward to november, 2024? >> somewhere around the 32 maybe? really high. it is going to be front and center. and it will be front and center because of what the vice president visit today. congresswoman edwards is spot on. this is about bodily integrity. women should have the right to take care of their own health care needs without someone suggesting that they know better. as the vice president said. no right now, by doing this, the democrats are saying to the republicans, yeah, you think you got something? uh-uh. we are going head on and you
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still caught the car and can't figure this one out. >> you know, you talk about health care, susan. it is a point i believe i heard the vice president make today. we just need to take a moment and talk about the importance of these planned parenthood clinics across the country. they provide a lot more than just abortion services. so isn't this about basic health care for a lot of women and people in general? >> well i think that what the vice president articulated is so important. the planned parenthood center she visited like clinics all across the country, they provide mammograms. they do well woman checks. they do pap smears and a whole range of direct health care services and really, abortion services tend to be a very small percentage of the work
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done at the clinics. i can remember being in college seeking basic health care services at a planned parenthood clinic so these are really important for reproductive health care. and remember when republicans in congress have tried to cut funding for planned parenthood clinics and there was a revolt across the country. and the reason is because so many women get their basic health care needs met at these clinics. >> you know, susan, donald trump needs a running mate. and he is reportedly worried someone with a hard line stance on abortion will be a drag on the ticket. now i do recall that donald trump is the president that was the president that put the justices on the court that helped to overturn roe v wade. how will they backtrack on this issue for trump and this running mate, whoever they may be? >> they don't with able to backtrack. as a matter of fact, i think they can hurt themselves with a group that helped get donald trump elected. and that is evangelicals.
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donald trump is trying to pivot to a 15 or 16 week national ban. and we can debate whether what we think of it but a lot of people think that is just legalizing abortion. on the right. they don't want to see that. they may not come out to vote to say that donald trump just flipped on the whole issue entirely. and let's not forget a lot of republicans do come out first as a sole issue voter. and that is what they came out for donald trump in 2016 and 2020 on. so i would be, i wouldn't be surprised if it hurt him. but you know, just one other thing going to donald trump and frankly husband war on women. he also promised to get rid of the affordable care act. millions of women who get their birth control for free through insurance will no longer be able to have that. he will be taking away not only your right over your body and
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reproductive health care. but also, your ability to have birth control. i think this whole issue is going to really, really blow up in his face. >> prior to the affordable care act, folks, being a woman was literally considered a preexisting condition. donna, before we go, i have to ask you about these third party candidate situations. now the democratic national committee is reportedly ready to go to war against spoilers. liz smith, a veteran democratic operative, has been hired to lead the charge. what do you make of this? >> look i'm glad to see this. i think given that donald trump kind of has his base, he is counting on these third party candidates. in fact, people who have been supporting donald trump have also been supporting the third party candidates, robert kennedy jr. as a matter of
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fact. because they want the third parties in. if you vote third party, you cast a vote for donald trump. >> donna, susan. thank you very much. when we come back, folks, actor lawrence fishburne stars in a one man show decades in the making. steph recently met up with him as the set was being installed. here we are at the emotional eve of you baring your soul. >> i have been baring my sole since i stepped on stage. >> playing other roles. now you are you. >> i am actually revealing parts of myself that you know, will surprise people. so that's cool. it's the hard hat for me. steph's keynote conversation with lawrence when the 11th hour continues. en the 11th hour continues.
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lawrence fishburne has had a long career since apocalypse now at the age of 15. he has since starred in boys in the hood and the matrix. not to mention award winning roles on broadway and television. now he is doing something different. he has written and is performing in a one-man show in
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lower manhattan. it is called "like they do in the movies." for tonight's keynote, stephanie sat down with him to talk about the show and why now. >> so you have been in movies, tv shows. you have won multiple emmys, tony. why a one man show? >> because believe it or not, there are things in this solo show that i have written that i get to do that i wouldn't be able to do anywhere else. in the way i will do them. there are things that i get to share with the audience that i haven't been sharing to people before. and it feels like the most appropriate way for me to do it. >> you say they are the stories and the lies people told me and the lies i told myself. like what? >> like i used to have this lie
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that i told myself that i think probably a lot of people can relate to. which is that i was the center of the universe. >> you are. >> not even close! just a tiny speck in all of this. >> you started writing this 20 years ago. >> yeah. >> why now? why did you decide this is the moment to share my story? >> i didn't really decide that. it just sort of organically happened. i was encouraged to write a one man show. i didn't want to do it. as an actor, the writer in me did it anyway. i showed it to someone who said oh. okay. great. i didn't get the message what he was saying. it is great. i thought he was saying don't quit your day job. >> because it is vulnerable. >> i stuck it in a drawer and it sat there 15 years and i pulled it out. i was like oh, hey.
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and then i thought, hm, maybe i should add some personal stuff to this. and really make myself as vulnerable as possible. that's a good idea. that's where i'm at. >> how much pressure did you put on yourself? you have always said diverse voices, diverse stories matter. characters you have played. whether we are talking about the dad, boys in the hood. malcolm x, have you felt a responsibility to be that example? >> e file like i always try to represent the group that produced me in the best possible way. black stories have been a theme of my work, of my life. all my life. i haven't been black half my life. i have been black all my life. i understand this idea that you can't be what you can't see.
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and so as an actor, i have an opportunity to perform, to entertain. but also to educate, to inform. to influence, to inspire. so that is what i have tried to do. >> you have played heros and villains. >> yes. >> what do you prefer? >> i just like to play, honey. i just, i'm a player. i like to play. it is not about whether it is heros or villains but human beings. in doing this project, you cover a lot. you dig deep and you talk about your personal life. >> yeah. >> you talk about your personal challenges. >> yeah. >> how did you make that decision and why? because just standing on a stage for two hours and saying love me, audience, that is vulnerable enough. but you are saying love all of me. >> i'm just exposing some things about myself that people
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would not suspect and i felt like that was the necessary thing to do. i am someone who has lived on the planet for 60 something odd years. i have had a great life and an incredible career. and i had my challenges like everybody else. nobody gets out of here alive and nobody gets out of here without some kind of struggle. without learning something. we are here to learn i think. so i'm i'm sharing some of the lessons i learned the thing i have learned is acceptance and forgiveness. >> of yourself? >> of everyone. >> and how did you decide what of yourself? your personal struggles to share? >> it was very simple. i just took a look at my life and went oh yeah.
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i need to share this. >> what has that done for you personally? >> i'm about to find out. i'm about to find out. >> is your true love in being a show person theater? you are coming back to theater. >> theater is church for actors. they say that television is a writer's medium. film making is the director's medium. and theater is the actor's medium. >> how much of an honor? how much of an honor for you? how do you feel about this project? >> i'm super excited. i get to be back here in lower manhattan where i started working in the theater as a boy. telling my story. telling other stories people are not going to expect and hopefully they will enjoy them. >> are you scared? >> of what? >> putting yourself out there in this way. when you have the big screen, you are protected. now, you are going to be able
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to see the eyeballs of everyone listening to your personal story. you're not scared of that? >> no. there is no reason to be afraid of a bunch of people who have come to see you. >> fair. they paid the money. they are interested. >> there is no reason to be afraid. >> thank you so, so much. >> you're welcome stephanie. >> and thank you to stephanie and lawrence for that keynote interview. when we come back, president biden's heartwarming advice for a young boy with a stutter. you won't want to miss this when the 11th hour continues. when the 11th hour continues.
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i have learned so much from having to deal with stuttering. it gave me insight into other people's pain. other people's suffering. it made me understand that
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everyone, everyone has something they are fighting to overcome. sometimes trying to hide. >> the last thing before we go tonight, when harry met biden. during a campaign speech in georgia over the weekend, former president trump mocked president biden's stutter. biden has been open about overcoming a debilitating stutter as a child. he sometimes hears from others including children who have dealing the the same condition. in a new post he wrote a young man named harry wrote me about what it is like to live with a stutterment i met him and his family in milwaukee and shared some techniques i used to overcome mine. my message to harry is simple. don't let anyone tell you what you can or can't do. here is more from their meeting. >> so tell me about you. >> i have a stutter. >> i did too. you do whatever you want to do. i find, i used to find it hard
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to talk on the telephone. or stand up in front of people and talk. because people would make fun of me. but remember, look at me, you are smart. you are handsome. you know what you are doing. don't let anybody tell you. you can do anything. anything. i met a young man when i was running in 2020. who was a little older than you, son. and when we were going through the line, i could tell, every stutterer can recognize another stutterer. and he went up and i said, come up with me while i make my speech. i put a little mark on my speeches. and everywhere i wanted, stead of saying hello milwaukee. pause. thank you, gray. for this introduction. and sharing your family story. it is familiar to so many. so i mark my speeches.
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every single one. >> thank you so much. >> of course. you're so good. >> thank you. >> president biden and harry to take us off the air tonight. on that note, i wish you a goodnight. tomorrow, stephanie is back with a special night cap episode. she will be joined by a panel of student journalists around the country. you have to tune in for this. 11:00 p.m. eastern. and you can see me and my cohost and michael steele every saturday and sunday on the weekend. grab a cup of coffee and join us right here on msnbc. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you so much for staying up late. and i'll see you this weekend. . tonight on all in. >> i don't care. nobody has been treated bike repair trump.
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